12 —Uncaster Farming, Saturday, April 12,1975 Food for America FFA Tells Story FFA member* across the nation will take the story of food production to elementary school children as part of a new "Food For America 0 program being Introduced by the Future Farmers of America Organization this spring. The new activity, designed to acquaint elementary school children with food produc tion and distribution, is a three-part program that involves classroom discussion, a film on agriculture, a field trip and related classroom activities. The entire program is a special project of the National FFA Foundation, Inc., and is being co sponsored by four agricultural business firms. ‘‘Only a small percentage of children grow up on farms today,” says National FFA Executive Secretary, Wm. Paul Gray. “While they are interested in learning where their family gets its food, there are a lot of miscon ceptions about agriculture and food production. 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Four companies closely associated with agriculture and interested in telling the success story of American agriculture are co sponsoring the development, production, and distribution of Food For America materials through the National FFA Foundation, Inc. They are: American Breeders Service, Division of W. R. Grace & Company, DeForest, Wisconsin; J. I. Case, A Tenneco Company, lagged behind gains in farm real estate values (up 12.8 percent) and actually declined as a percent of gross farm income and farm personal income, the EPS report notes. The taxes declined from 3.4 percent of gross farm income in 1972 to 2.4 percent in 1973. The citizen’s tax burden is often measured by expressing taxes as a proportion of personal income-the report notes that farm real estate taxes were 4.2 percent of personal income in 1973 compared to 6.1 percent in 1972. The tax declines relative to income reflect the fact that 1973 was a very good year for farmer’s in comes. 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In addition to conducting a classroom discussion, the FFA chapter will present the film'‘Food From Farm to You.” FFA chapters are then en couraged to arrange for and conduct a farm tour or to bring livestock and crop samples to the school so that c. & E. WILEY SON INC. QUARRYVILLE, PA PHONE: 786-2895 children can see, touch and experience real animals and crops. Children who par ticipate In the educational program will receive a Farm Art Book presented by the FFA chapter and will par ticipate in a number of related classroom activities which are suggested in the lesson plan used by FFA members and participating elementary school teachers.
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